Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-23
HILLS ANSWER TO FORAKER.
The New York Governor Talks Politics
with His Usual yigar.

New YORK, Feb 23-At the annual din
ner of the Young MEMS Democratic club Of
Brooklyn. in the Academy of Music, in that
city Tuesday, Governor David B. Hill, Of
New York, was the principal guest, and re
sponIed to the toast, The Democratic
Party He began by an eloquent reference
10 jefferson as the founder of the Democratic
party, and as the author of the principles
which still animate that organization. He
grouped with Jefferson's name that of Jack
son, Seymour and Tiden as the leaders of the
PARTY and dear to every Democratic heart
| Continuing, the governor said:
Ii Is with feelings of peculiar qualification
! that l speak upon the democratic paiTyn
III this Academy of music. This building
las especial interest to me, because it was in
Wonder spacious aIdience-room where, i'll the
| memyrabie campaign Of 1856, and during its
darkest days, the Democracy of Brooklyn
turhed out and gave me that magnificent re-
ceptlon which cbeered and encouraged our
friends in every part of the state Nor do /
forget that at that same gathering it seemed
to me that the keynote of the campaign
was sounded, when, throwing aside en-
tangling alliances, your standard-bearer re-
claimed i'll single sentence the actual plat
form upon which he sought the suifrages OF
the people. and upon which the victory was
fairly won.
This reference to the famous phrase 81 am
Democrat" aroused great applause. Con-
tinuing Governor Hill claimed for the Demo
cratic party that its history was that of the
country itself He said:
1t was the Democratic party that had
| almost the uninterrupted control of this gov
eminent from its organization down to 1861.
| Under its wise and beneficent administration
I the country had twice trebled i'll population,
more than quaIirnpled its wealth. and en-
| Joyed n prosperity unexamplel i'll the worlds
| history. Twenty new states were admitted
| into the union and SO twenty new stars
were aided to the national fisa. Tho COM
merce OF the world seemed to he fast coming
/ under American control, and our American
| SHIPS located IN every sea. Every important
| acquisition of its territory has been made by
| Democratic administrations. Every struggle
| against our foreign foes has been inaugurated
| by Democratic statesmen. In fact there has
| never been u war i'll which the country ha,
been engaged which has been favored by the
| opponents of the Democratic party, except
the late civil war. Yet they delight to pro
| claim nowadays that their leaders are in.
| tensely American.
Governor Foraker, of Ohio, spoke at re-
| markable dinner recently. Mr.. Foraker i.
| thegentieman who in 1875 came to stump thi:
state and id in my election by injecting into
the canvass the bloody shirt ISSUE l feel
under great obligation to him. He may
never hereafter, however, make the mistake
of thinking that the people o.
New York do not know that the
war was over nearly a quarter Of q
century ago He asserted the other evening
that there had nothing occurred in this coun
try prior to 1851 of any great consequence
or that was particularly worthy either of the
the gratitude or the admiration Of mankind.
His statement is answered by over seventy
years of successful government, by the valor
of a free people. tell the honorable gentle
man from Ohio that the glory and greatness
nf the country were well established by its